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Soda Scam Goes Hollywood (November 6, 2009)
Soda Scam Goes Hollywood The food finger-waggers were out in full force in Los Angeles yesterday. At a committee hearing more akin to a three-ring circus, state senators “explored” a supposed link between sugar-sweetened beverages and obesity. The hearing, called by state senator Alex Padilla, featured “Twinkie tax” creator Kelly Brownell and a gaggle of other public health activists lining up to “prove” the link while congratulating the panel... read more here »

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Vegetarian Book Makes Meatless Arguments (November 5, 2009)
Vegetarian Book Makes Meatless Arguments When even a vegetarian calls your anti-meat book a “screed,” you know you’re in trouble. But that’s just what happened in today’s Washington Times review of Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book, Eating Animals. As reviewer A.G. Gancarski puts it, Foer’s book is lacking some flesh on its bones: read more here »

Animal Rights
All Hail the Supreme Master! (Of Anti-Meat Propaganda) (November 4, 2009)
All Hail the Supreme Master! (Of Anti-Meat Propaganda) What do you get when you combine two obnoxious animal rights groups (the ridiculously misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the phony-baloney Humane Society of the United States) with a self-anointed “Supreme Master” cult leader? This Sunday’s climate change conference in Washington, DC. Speakers include reps from both animal rights groups, and the keynote address will be delivered by the “Supreme Master” Ching Hai.... read more here »

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Consumer Group to Sen. Alex Padilla: Citizens Don’t Want New Taxes
Today, the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) called on California Sen. Alex Padilla to reject calls to institute a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.... read more here »

Consumer Group: Get PETA Out Of Schools
Today Rogers Elementary School, located in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, has joined the long list of schools targeted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, as the radical animal rights group complains about circus animals that have enterta... read more here »

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Hard-boiled animal activists could threaten vaccine supply
In the post-9/11 world, the phrase "national security" conjures up images of dirty bombs, jihadists, white powder and biohazard labels. It should also bring to mind another picture: an egg.... read more here »

NO. Wrong to use tax code to punish soft drink makers and industries.
Despite opposition from two-thirds of Americans, President Obama has latched onto exploring one proposal to raise billions of dollars for health care reform through so-called “lifestyle taxes” on soft drinks.... read more here »

Fat chance food cops will simply let us be
If you’re planning on visiting New York City anytime soon, you’ll be treated to sordid subway pictures of soft drinks turning into yellow globs of human fat.... read more here »


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